Sanniquellie

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Sanniquellie
Sanniquellie (Liberia)
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Coordinates 7 ° 22 ′  N , 8 ° 43 ′  W Coordinates: 7 ° 22 ′  N , 8 ° 43 ′  W
Basic data
Country Liberia

region

Nimba
ISO 3166-2 LR-NI
Residents 11,894 (2008)

Sanniquellie , also known as Sangbui , Sanokole or Sanokwele in African languages , is the capital of Nimba County in Liberia , West Africa . About 11,900 people live here, a large part of the population is of Muslim faith.

The city of Sanniquellie is located in northern Liberia, near the border with Guinea and the Republic of Ivory Coast . The city has a rail connection and an airport, it is the supply center of the mining region Nimba Mountains , about 20 kilometers north. In the region there are regional stations of the Firestone Plantation, numerous rice fields, also vegetable cultivation and fruits: peppers, cucumbers, corn, cassava, potatoes, tomatoes, peanuts, pineapples, limes, mandarins, grapefruits, oranges, bananas, plantains, mangoes, plums are significant. Craft businesses include auto repair shops, carpenters, locksmiths, plumbers, bakers, bricklayers, tailors and hairdressers. The largest company in the city is the Jungle Water Group . The city is a base for UN aid organizations and therefore has a good infrastructure . In addition to a kindergarten, the city also has a primary and secondary school and an agricultural training center. In 1959, the presidents of Liberia, Guinea and Ghana met in the city for an informal meeting and discussed the establishment of a political organization for the African continent, at the meeting at the "birthplace" of the OAU with a monument in the city center (Yekepa Parking) remind. The GW Harley Memorial Hospital , which was destroyed in the civil war by the units of the warlord Thomas G. Quiwonkpa, was rebuilt with the support of Doctors Without Borders and the International Committee of the Red Cross . Three listed palaver houses , in which the presidents withdrew for internal consultations in 1959, were also burned down during the fighting. The former radio station was also destroyed in the war.

Local attractions include the church, the Saniquellie mosque and the OAU memorial and the former Queen's Theater .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Sanniquellie. Encyclopædia Britannica, 2011, accessed February 13, 2011 .
  2. ↑ Final results of the 2008 census, NPHC 2008 Report Final. (PDF; 676 kB) In: Liberian Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information-Systems (LISGIS). Retrieved October 11, 2010 .
  3. ^ Liberia, Counties and Districts. (PDF; 0.4 MB) (No longer available online.) In: Liberian Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information-Systems (LISGIS). Formerly in the original ; accessed on October 11, 2010 (English).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.lisgis.org   Overview map